Dragonball Z: The Catalyst
Act II:
Chapter 23: The Saiyan-Ginyu War Part II
The scouter kept climbing higher as Jeice tried to keep his eyes focused. Despite being powerful warriors, the Ginyu Force didn't normally run into targets in their own ballpark. Normally, they were used to fighting whelps with power levels of 15,000 to 20,000, and those were considered 'hard' targets. Right now, each one of these Saiyans were blazing past 30,000.
To Jeice's eyes, it looked almost like they were competing with one another over who could raise their fighting power the highest.
Burter and Recoome began to look entertained, until those numbers started to creep past 40,000.
This is very bad, very very bad. If those powers hit 50,000 we could be in serious bloody trouble. Hell, this will be trouble no matter what at this point.
The first power to settle out was Raditz, hitting almost 43,000.
Vegeta came next, hitting 45,000.
What was concerning, especially for Burter, was how Turles kept going.
"HAAAAA!"
The Saiyan's aura began to expand as the ground under him started to tremble and shatter. Finally, it reached its zenith.
Hell, that's 50,000.
"I think we've won this fight," Turles said openly.
The Saiyans all braced themselves for combat.
"Burter, you sure you don't want Recoome to take care of the spiky bastard over-"
Jeice didn't have time to finish the sentence, given at that very moment the battle had begun, and Raditz's fist found its mark on his cheek.
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Jeice's body went flying off into the distance, crashing into the waterline as Raditz chased after him.
Power fluctuated around Turles as rolling waves of purple energy seemed to blast across the Namekian landscape. Burter, to his opposite, seemed to be scowling fiercely, yet nervously. The power was still in his opponents favour, but a fair fight was clearly not what he was looking for.
"How is it you are this powerful!? Vegeta is supposed to be the most powerful Saiyan alive, and he's not supposed to be anywhere near your strength!" Burter scowled.
Clearly it is because I am more powerful than Vegeta, you ignorant blue, scaled fool.
It was a good feeling however, feeling Vegeta reach his maximum, the Prince of the entire race, and then realizing you had surpassed it. He was truly the most powerful Saiyan alive now.
"I am Turles, mightiest of all the Saiyans."
To their left, Vegeta had gone flying into Recoome, slamming into the giant and sending the Ginyu member flying into the distance.
Looking to his left, then to his right, Burter's face turned to one realization: that this battle had become a one on one.
The look entertained Turles to no end of course, who smirked, letting energy flow through his arms and legs, preparing his own assault.
"I want to test that speed of yours. Let's see how quickly you can run for your life."
In a blur, Turles appeared next to Burter, his leg swinging out in a kick aimed for the blue Ginyu.
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The orange bastard's body hit the water violently, Raditz pursuing as fast as he could. One lucky hit wasn't going to win this fight. He had to be two things: relentless and smart. The main objective would be to keep Jeice off his feet long enough to get in enough damage to win.
It's a long shot, but I'm going to kill this orange son of a bitch.
Shooting into the water after him, Raditz felt the weight of being in water immediately on his frame. Below, he saw the outraged Jeice still recovering from the blow under the water. Pointing his own hand out, Raditz began to form a blast. The Ginyu force member braced himself.
Let's see if I can't give you a bit of a surprise.
With that, the red energy bolt left his hand. It moved through the liquid around the two warriors preparing to slam into Jeice, before it bolted upwards, shooting up instead of at Jeice. The fighter's eyes turned upwards following it, only to find Raditz had slammed his elbow into his face. Jeice's scouter cracked from the sheer strength of the blow.
With a furious glance back at him, Jeice kicked the Saiyan in the side, before uppercutting him up, sending the Saiyan out of the water.
Raditz regrouped, feeling Jeice coming after him, pulling his hands up into the wait and gathering energy, two red bolts formed. Just as the water broke he thrust his palms down towards the target.
"Double Sunday!"
The two waves barely missed the target, Jeice's form slipping to the side just in time, his eyes looking shocked at the two beams as they carved past him. Below, a massive explosion of water errupted sending water into the air and covering both Raditz and Jeice.
Before Jeice could make another move, a knee came through the exploding water, slamming into his chin.
I can't give him room to manoeuvre.
With a quick motion, Raditz moved his hand to grab at the scouter, only to find Jeice had responded in time, grabbing his wrist.
"Mate, you've bloody pissed me off."
Great.
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With a terrible thud, Recoome's body hit the Namekian dirt and grass as Vegeta pursued him, an angry blue aura trailing after him, raising both his hands to form an axe handle smash. Just as Recoome found his feet again, his face found the soil, slamming into the earth, propping hit ass into the air as his shoulders and head ate the grassy earth below..
With a swift kick following, Recoome's body went flying back, slamming into a rock formation, causing it to shatter and crash. Appearing above the broken rocks, Vegeta came diving down, driving both his knees into Reoome's chest, causing his armour to crack.
I can't stop now, I need to finish off this buffoon before he can get a footing.
Grabbing Recoome by the foot, Vegeta began to swing him about, before finally hurling him towards the horizon.
Spreading his arms out, forming power in each hand, the Saiyan Prince began to use the most powerful technique he could assemble. Blue power brightly burst around his palms.
"FINAL FLASH!"
The blue beam exploded from his hands, chasing after Recoome.
See you in Hell, Recoome.
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The duel in the sky was hardly going in the direction Turles wanted.
It didn't take long for that legendary speed to take effect, as far as Turles was concerned. His purple and black armour cracked with the next blow as the blue fist slammed into his chest, forcing Turles back yet further.
I need to find a way to slow him down... or distract him...
Blocking a kick, but taking another punch, sending the Saiyan back, this left much to be desired for Turles. As soon as he stopped his own motion, Burter was already above him. The kick the blue alien then delivered was merciless and harsh, sending Turles violently spinning down towards the ground.
Hands and kneels made impact with Namek, causing the ground to crack beneath him. Looking up from his crouched position, Turles seethed angrily. Burter on the other hand, had started to laugh.
I wonder if you'll laugh when I kill you.
"And to think! I was worried about some useless Saiyan! No Saiyan could ever hope to be as fast as me!" The blue monster screeched.
"I'm not as fast as you are, that does appear to be true," Turles started, beginning to rise to his feet, a confident smile appearing across his face. "But that doesn't mean I won't enjoy beating the life out of you, you pathetic fool. I've only begun to fight."
There had to be a way to catch him off guard.
In the distance, a huge explosion of water could be seen. Briefly, Burter turned his head.
Now.
Disappearing with his own speed, putting everything into it to accelerate his speed to its limit. Turles appeared in front of Burter, driving his fist towards Burter's large and exposed throat. The second he did the blue alien had disappeared.
God damn it!
Before he could think further, a furious chop hit in him in the back, forcing Turles forward. Tilting in the air to turn towards his attacker, Burter still floated there. Drawing power into his hands, Turles glared at Burter.
I need to... wow, what's that?
"FINAL FLASH!"
That didn't just catch Turles's attention, it caught Burter's. Turles could hear the scouter beeping.
Good.
Pushing his hands forward, a huge wave of purple energy launched out.
"Calamity Blaster!"
Burter, even with his speed, only had time to look ahead as the purple wave crashed into him, being fired at such close range. Armour broke from his blue body, sending shattered pieces into the Namekian sky.
Trembling, his arms had moved in front of him to guard the shot. An angry face pulled up from behind those arms.
"You damned monkey-!" Blinking, Burter looked to his left and right, trying to find where Turles had gone. The moment his scouter gave a blip, it was too late.
Two arms came crashing down on his head, sending the huge warrior spiralling down towards the ground as Turles attacked from behind. Landing ironically as Turles had only moments earlier, on his hands and knees, Burter scowled furiously. The ground beneath him cracked as well.
It didn't take much incentive to continue the attack while he had the advantage, diving down, forming as much energy into his arm as he could, Turles felt almost something familiar as he struck down, energy forming around him.
However, his fist hit empty ground, cracking the surface of the world open. The shock-wave that followed out sent the new fissure a mile in each direction. Something only pinged in the back of Turles's mind, telling him exactly where to make his next move. Disappearing with his own full speed, he honed in on it, finding it with his fist.
Slamming the closed fist into Burter's stomach, the blue alien stopped in mid movement, gasped in agony. The two seemed frozen.
"You... you're... not a Saiyan..." Burter barely wheezed, before Turles threw his fist upwards. The blow slammed into Burter's jaw, crashing the monster's teeth together and sending him flying back.
A series of blows followed, Turles giving chase. Each moment Burter tried to get away with his superior speed, he was already cut off by responding to a blow cracking into his ribs or face. He'd been completely outdone tactically. Turles gave him no time to respond. At last There was a vicious kick, sending him into the ground.
I can't wait to see if that skull of yours pops like the fat one's.
Following up each blow, Turles was repeatedly surprised by how durable this monster was. Kicking him through a small plateau finally, Turles kicked him again from behind. A second later Burter laid into him with another series of blows as well.
Landing opposite the blue warrior, Turles smirked arrogantly.
"This will be my second Ginyu kill today. I wonder if we should keep score."
Forming a blast in hand, he prepared to end his battle with a cunning smirk... Then the world became very, very red, very suddenly.
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This hurts... a lot.
Raditz felt himself slam into another pile of rocks, his body skidding through and scraping against the Namekian surface, ripping up the wretched blue grass he was becoming increasingly accustomed to. Turning his head up, he saw Jeice beginning to walk towards him, wiping his own bloody lip.
"Saiyan, you've gone and made me bleed mate. This is gonna be a bad day for you."
"But your captain told you to treat us so nicely," Raditz said with a sarcastic smile. "I think you're failing in that department."
It was great seeing the orange skinned Ginyu sneer furiously. Raditz wasn't in the best shape right now. After Jeice caught his wrist, he'd broken it. The beating he'd received in the air afterwards was severe, for the obvious reason that he only hard one arm to fight with.
With his one good arm, Raditz reached up, wiping blood from his mouth.
He couldn't keep this up, he was going to die on his feet at this rate from this bastard punching him to death.
"I'm gonna break your fuckin' skull in you wanker!" Finally Jeice shouted, taking off towards him.
In the background, Raditz noticed a red blast forming, his eyes turned as he realized what was happening.
Turles!
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Vegeta was left breathing heavily as he stood there, at least that last attack had taken care of Recoome. It was time to... no... no that wasn't possible.
This freak is still alive. There is no way he's... almost fine!
Chuckling, standing there in his torn uniform, Recoome just seemed entertained by Vegeta's attack.
"Is it my turn now, Vegeta?"
Tensing his body, Vegeta sneered at Recoome, he could sense Gohan and Krillin watching from behind.
"Enough playing around, go!" Recoome took a pose, before blasting off towards him. It was much faster than Vegeta could even anticipate.
The blow came with a severe crack, his knee slamming into him and sending the Saiyan prince flipping back as he completely lost control over his movement. Bouncing off the ground with one impact, he braced himself on the ground before launching back towards Recoome. The two clashed once again, Vegeta striking out with all his might only to be blocked by Recoome.
Slowly the duel took to the air, with Vegeta attacking and Recoome defending, each blow was blocked, every kick, every punch.
"Enough fooling around, Vegeta!" Recoome launched, before driving his elbow into Vegeta's head, sending him crashing down into the ground. Following, rapidly, Recoome went for the death blow, only to find Vegeta had launched himself in the air before he could.
Following, grin on his face, Recoome didn't give Vegeta a moment to breath.
How can he be this tough, this fast? Nothing I do is working!
Furiously Vegeta formed an energy blast in his hand, and launching it into where Recoome's flight path was headed.
When the giant disappeared instead of being impacted, Vegeta knew to look anywhere for him.
Where did he go!?
It was when Recoome's foot hit him in the back of the head, sending him flying into the water, that Vegeta found out where Recoome had indeed gone.
This was his moment to regroup, to figure a way out of this situation. But just how did he get out of this? Everything he tried on this freak hadn't worked so far. He couldn't even touch him anymore. Outside he felt the battles between Turles, Raditz, and the other Ginyus raging.
It figured of course that Turles was the only one winning. It wasn't something Vegeta had wanted to believe. That he'd been surpassed by a third class dog, and of course he had to look like Kakarot.
I am Prince Vegeta! I will not be outdone by some third class soldier! Not again!
Allowing his power to swell around him, Vegeta prepared himself to make his next assault. It needed to be precise, it needed to work. They needed to kill these three fools and then chase down that fool Ginyu, if they couldn't, then this was all over.
Frieza, you bastard. I'll never let you win!
Scowling, Vegeta let himself fly free, blasting out of the water, flying towards the red haired devil with all his might.
"Die!" He shouted, before slamming into his mid section. The force was so great Vegeta almost thought he was going to come out the other side of the Ginyu, instead, he felt Recoome's entire body convulse, and try to almost escape his impact.
Shit, he's still alive!
Immediately, the Prince started punching, desperate to make as much damage as he could, there was still a chance he could win this if he just kept this up.
One, two, three, four blows all landed on Recoome's gut, before Vegeta felt two hands grab his midsection.
Shit.
Flipping him above him, pulling Vegeta into a power bomb, Vegeta knew how sideways this had just become.
"AHHHHH!"
Both of them cried as Recoome picked up speed, full speed, before crashing into the ground below, breaking Vegeta's upper half into the ground itself.
His body felt broken. Vegeta realized that now as he felt a hand grab his foot. Yanking him out of the ground a moment later, his broken bones seemed to complain all at once.
It was then he saw that big, dumb grin. Recoome just grinned at him like some stupid fool.
I'd sooner spend the last of my energy trying to kill you, than to survive.
Taking the last bit of power he had left, Vegeta thrust his hands towards Recoome's face, blasting it with two bolts. Instantly he felt the hand give way, dropping him painfully to the ground as the huge brute landed on his back.
Struggling to rise, Vegeta just tried to make himself look... well, he didn't even know. Saiyans died on their feet.
Recoome was chuckling as he got up, as Vegeta somehow expected him to.
"Hey Burter, Jeice!" Recoome bellowed, before turning his head to his side. The shocked face that appeared said it all.
Without another remark towards Vegeta, he put his hands above his head, forming energy into his mouth as he pointed his attack towards Turles.
"ERASER GUN!"
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It only took a moment for Raditz to realize what was happening before he took off, full speed towards Turles, trying to reach him in time. Behind him Jeice was racing as well, laughing the entire time.
"Where are you running to, Saiyan?"
Raditz landed next to Turles, grabbing him by the arm.
It was too late.
A need had drive Raditz to take the risk. It'd been to not fail again. There was no understanding over who this Turles was, they were brothers in name only, having only known one another for a few days. It was another failure to add to the list.
He'd failed Turles the first time they'd met. He'd failed Violet. Now? He failed himself as well.
I need to stop this bad tendency of giving a shit.
The blast impacted him brutally, along with Turles. He felt the ground ripping up around him before the heart of the blast made itself known, exploding out violently. There was only one moment in the blinding light that he smirked... seeing Jeice right next to him.
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Gohan's mouth gaped open, watching the huge explosion. The shock-wave sent both him and Krillen flying. Only when they stopped themselves in the air did they get a good appraisal of what had happened.
The crater was huge, and scattered throughout the middle of it were three bodies. Turles, Raditz, and Jeice all lay there entirely still, unmoving. Standing only a few feet from the edge of the crater, which was now beginning to fill with water from the nearby Namekian ocean, stood Recoome. Across from him stood the tired, worn, and now even frightened looking Vegeta.
The only other figure they could see was the blue skinned Ginyu, propping himself up against the side of some rocks and holding his broken cuirass.
Uncle Raditz... no! Please no, please be alive.
Anger swelled inside the body of the younger warrior, looking to Krillin for a moment, before looking back.
"You!... You!" Gohan tried to even think straight as his eyes narrowed on Recoome.
"Hey Burter! Mind checking to see if I accidentally squashed Jeice too? Be too bad, I didn't mean it-"
"ANIMAL!" Gohan finally shrieked, his body launched towards the huge Ginyu.
He killed him! He killed my uncle! And I couldn't even stop it!
"Gohan!" Krillin was heard, shouting from behind, before Gohan felt him following as well.
With a grin, Recoome turned towards the two smaller heroes, coming to save the day.
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Six Miinutes Later:
The wind subtle blew past the space craft which had found itself on the Namekian surface. There were tons of fading powers in the distance, along with four larger, healthier ones.
Right then, let's see. Whose familiar... I sense... oh wow, two huge, huge powers still on the planet. But where is Krillin, Raditz and Gohan?
The first thing he'd noticed was two huge powers moving in opposite directions, each one of them were dark, evil, twisted. Then there were two big powers, both of them pretty nefarious as well.
I don't... oh no.
Gohan's power was almost non-existent, fading rapidly. Krillin's was as well... even Raditz?! And Vegeta?! There were two unknown fading powers as well.
I've gotta hurry.
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The Saiyan could barely move. His left arm was definitely broken, and severely burned. Slowly, Turles's head started to move, looking about the huge crater he was in. His armour was almost all gone, blown away in that freakish energy blast-wave.
Slowly, he moved his right arm, his one remaining useable arm. Looking up, it was just in time to see Kakarot's kid get slammed into the ground violently after being kicked. The kid didn't get up.
Shit, and I'm willing to bet Vegeta is out as well. Where is Raditz-?
A hand grabbed his foot. Turning slowly, Turles saw his older brother, laying next to him, covered in burns and scrapes as he tried to hold on. Blood was coming from his mouth as well.
"Brother," he wheezed. "Nephew. Get to him."
What's gotten into you Raditz? Save our nephew? I can't even save myself, and why would I bother?
"Back... broken," Raditz barely managed. "Can't get there."
I'm dead anyway, but, as the old Saiyan saying always goes, remember to die on your feet.
With his last specks of strength, Turles pulled himself up, feeling several blood wounds reopening as he did. Walking forward several steps, he barely managed to climb the side of the crater. Finally, he stood in front of Recoome, and just over Gohan, his supposed Nephew. If he was about to die, he at least could make a show of it.
"Heh, I see the family resemblance," Recoome remarked, referring to how similar Turles looked to Gohan.
Turles ignored the comment, as he felt consciousness beginning to flee him. Falling to his knees next to his nephew, he felt profound disappointment.
He didn't even let me die on my feet.
Recoome would have known it was an insult. Gritting his teeth finally before the world started to narrow, Turles finished collapsing.
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"Finish them off already!" Burter blurted out. "We've got to get Jeice to a healing tank, because of that stupid attack!"
"Attack that saved you, Burter," Recoome reminded, smirking before looking at Gohan and Turles.
However, before he could act, the two disappeared, entirely from his vision. Then, so did Raditz.
"What the hell is going on here!?" Burter shouted.
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It was like looking into a mirror. Goku looked at the downed man's face, just as he'd saved Gohan. He'd brought them all together to keep them safe, well, except Vegeta, who could at least still stand.
He looks exactly like me. His skin's a little darker, that's it. How crazy is that?
Turning his head, he noticed Raditz starting to make noise.
"K-Kakarot. Y-you made it," he said, his smile beginning to broaden happily. He looked elated, despite being a complete mess.
"Hey Raditz. Man, you've improved a lot. I can already tell if you were even participating in this fight. You all have."
"G-Goku," Krillen said, with an equally happy smile, a huge bruise becoming apparent on his skull.
"Hey, hold on a second Krillen."
The first thing he needed to do was get everyone back up. Pulling up a bean, he cradled Gohan. His entire right side had been... broken. He could feel it. All Gohan could do was twitch;g he was even in shock.
I'm proud of you son.
Carefully, Goku placed the bean in his son's mouth. Within a heartbeat, Gohan's life came back in full. His body's visible wounds disappeared, his body shot up and he looked at his father directly.
"... Daddy!"
The hug immediately followed, which Goku responded to of course.
"Hey Gohan, looks like you've had a rough time," Goku said with a lighthearted chuckle. "Hold on a second, I've gotta make sure your uncle and Krillin recover too."
Putting the next bean in Krillin's mouth, Krillen crunched down on it. Slowly chewing before swallowing, his body miraculously healed as well.
Carefully pulling up another senzu bean, Goku smiled at Raditz.
"No," Raditz refused, putting his hand up shakily. "Turles. First."
"Turles?"
"Him," Raditz said, pointing at his double.
This is too weird. He looks exactly like me, I don't even know him.
There was almost a reluctance to give Turles the bean, he didn't even know him. Clearly he was a Saiyan, but why did they look the same?
"Goku, there is something you should know first. Turles was working with Vegeta, and before that was working with his own group of thugs," Krillin interjected. "Maybe it'd be best if we-"
"You bald, treacherous coward," Raditz rasped. "So you'd leave our brother to die to satisfy your comfort?"
Brother? My gosh, he's my brother? Another one? And he looks exactly like me! He's gotta be my twin or something.
"Krillin, hold still for me would you?"
Krillin just blinked, before nodding to his friend. "Sure Goku, what for?"
"I'm going to read your mind."
Placing his hand on Krillin's head, Goku began to scan through recent memory. Images flashed before his eyes as he took everything into account. Bulma was safe. Raditz had nearly abandoned them, but saved them. They'd saved a Namekian child. Frieza. The Dragon Balls. The Ginyu Force. Turles.
One of the worst, darkest memories was Turles. He'd assaulted Bulma, broke her hand, and from what he got of Krillin's memories, was perhaps preparing to sexually assault her.
Figures he'd be even more evil then Raditz was.
However, he'd tried to save Gohan near the end, at least from what Krillin saw only minutes ago. And he'd killed Guldo as well, just as he prepared to harm Gohan and Krillin. It would also seem that Raditz was willing to vouch for him. Nodding to his elder brother, he carefully placed the bean in Turles's mouth, before handing one over to Raditz as well.
Everyone deserves a chance to change. But I hope I don't regret this.
"Hey Vegeta!" Goku finally called, showing the bean before throwing it.
Catching the bean, he nodded to the Saiyan prince. Within seconds Vegeta had eaten it, his own wounds disappearing.
Carefully, he noticed Turles and Raditz beginning to rise.
"I feel incredible," Turles remarked, looking down at his hands in shock. "So much power, its unbelievable."
A grin then appeared across the Saiyan's face before he looked at Goku.
"So you must be Kakarot, my long lost brother, I hear," Turles said. He examined Goku as if he was looking into his own reflection, just as Goku had examined him earlier. "Hm, looks like I got the better end of the looks."
"We look identical." Goku pointed out, raising both his eyebrows almost in shock.
"Identical to some, I think I look more seasoned."
This guy's too much.
"Very funny, now if you'll excuse me. I have a battle to fight, Turles," Goku said formally, well formally for Goku anyway, walking past him.
The time for catching up could come later. Right now he had to deal with these monsters.
"I'll be done soon you guys, so don't worry, this shouldn't take long!"
Walking with determination, all he heard from behind him was.
"He doesn't have a chance," Turles remarked.
"Trust me Turles, be prepared to watch what happens when Kakarot fights. You've never seen anything like it, I promise." The remark was delivered by Raditz.
Goku couldn't help it, he smiled.
"Go get um dad!"
"Come on Goku! Be careful!"
Recoome and Burter looked like they'd just seen a series of tragedies all at once. They were in complete shock at what was going on.
"Hey Recoome, I think we may need to go get the Captain," Burter cut in.
"Whatever, I can handle this guy," Recoome promised.
Unwilling to take the chance that Recoome was wrong, Burter landed next to his teammate.
"We can handle him then. Because after this we've got to deal with Turles, Raditz, and Vegeta again."
Barely climbing from the crater, the groans of Jeice could still be heard.
These two didn't stand a chance at all, and Goku knew it. They had big powers... compared to what they'd been used to fighting. Based off his own estimation, he was at least 4, though like 5 times stronger than they were.
"Any last words?" Recoome bellowed, before grinning.
Goku smiled.
They are trying to intimidate me.
"Sure, you'll never lay a hand on me."
The blue one seemed nervous by the remark, though the dumber looking brute just laughed.
A second later, Recoome lifted his middle finger, pointing it at Goku.
"This is what I think of that. I guess I'll just have to kill you with my feet!" he laughed.
"You guys should get your friend over there and leave this planet. I don't want to hurt you."
No matter what they'd done, they deserved a chance to change their ways, the same way Raditz had, and Piccolo before him. The same way Vegeta could take that chance, and soon, he hoped, Turles.
Burter now finally grinned. "I say we finish this guy quick. He's going to start moralizing and I hate that," he grinned as the words flowed from his lips.
"You want the pleasure, or shall I?" Recoome asked.
"Please Recoome, he's all yours."
It was clear that Burter wanted to back him up, and Goku could tell. But this was over already.
Striking a strange pose, Recoome prepared to attack.
"Are you okay?" Goku asked. "You seem to be-"
He was cut off as the giant man charged, swinging his arms out, but they didn't even come close to touching him.
"You really should work on your technique. You guys aren't very strong."
It was clear those words had struck something inside the giant. To Goku however, it wasn't a matter of trying to insult him, he was trying to give helpful advise. This guy really wasn't all that good, just because you can beat up someone weaker than you didn't mean you were flawless by any means.
"Oh that does it! ERASE-"
The word never finished as Goku buried his elbow into Recoome's sternum.
This guy leaves himself way too open.
Stumbling backward, Recoome fell to his knees, before falling on his face, completely unconscious. The entire time he'd made groans and gurgles, and Goku just smiled.
Turning his attention towards Burter, the blue alien knew when it was time to go.
"Sorry Jeice! You're on your own!"
The supposed faster man alive, ran as fast as he could, blasting into the air and taking off, leaving his aura trailing behind him.
On the ground below, a shaken hand raised into the air, the orange alien desperately looking for help after having been badly wounded.
"Burter! You bastard... don't leave!"
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The three full blooded Saiyans watched the exchange, and their blood went cold. Thoughts rushed through all their minds as they watched Recoome helplessly try to strike Kakarot, before being taken out in a single blow.
The common thought came to all three at once.
Super Saiyan.
It was however, Vegeta who acted first, as soon as Kakarot turned back towards the three.
"Wow, those guys were kind of tough almost. So, anything else I miss?" Goku asked with a big grin, rubbing the back of his head.
Suddenly, an energy blast voomed past Goku. He froze in that moment as it connected with Recoome's downed body, blasting him into oblivion.
"Hey! What did you-" another wave shot past, this one heading towards Jeice. Turning to stop it, Goku found Turles appear in front of him.
"I think not, brother."
As soon as the words finished, the explosion happened, the alien's screams echoing out behind him.
"By the way, Vegeta! Excellent shots," Turles called over, before starting to laugh. "I couldn't have aimed better myself!"
There was a grin from Vegeta, before he spat disrespectfully towards the fallen.
"Why?" Goku asked, looking incensed. "You know how to receive mercy, but you can't give it can you? I was hoping you'd changed."
His voice sounded disappointed in that moment, before Vegeta just scowled at him.
"They didn't deserve mercy. These warriors were the worst kind of scum. They'd have killed you, your child, your bald friend, your brother, and your worthless brother in a heartbeat."
Turles couldn't help but smirk at the remark himself. Raditz, obviously scowled.
"I'd heard you were naive, but brother, you really are spineless aren't you?"
To Turles, this argument was fruitless. Kakarot should have killed all three of the Ginyu fools himself, the fact he didn't lead him to start to believe this juggernaut was defective. A giant who wouldn't even harm a fly.
"No, I'm pretty sure I have a spine," Goku said, turning his head as if to look at his back.
"He meant weak, gutless, Kakarot," Raditz sighed, sounding annoyed.
"I am willing to bet Frieza has already wished for eternal life," Vegeta added with a scowl.
Krillen was up next, clearing his throat. "I doubt it, on Earth, the sky goes black and the weather goes wild, clear skies here," he said. "So, he's not used them yet for some reason."
"I bet they have a password," Goku remarked. "Some kind of phrase to use them."
"That's the first intelligent thing I've heard you say, in my entire time knowing you," Turles remarked, before smirking towards Vegeta. "Which means we all have a chance to still make our wishes."
"Anyone else feel the two powers coming this way?" Raditz asked.
"Captain Ginyu," Vegeta finally said after a moment.
"And if Ginyu is coming here," Turles remarked. "Along with Burter, and Frieza is somewhere else?"
"Then the Dragon Balls are entirely unguarded right now," Krillin realized.
Raditz knew what that meant. His eyes trailed towards Turles and Vegeta, who both looked like hungry wolves at the moment. They were intending to make a move, soon. If he was in their position, he'd be doing the exact same thing. This was very, very bad. They'd bypass Kakarot entirely, and attempt to get the Dragon Balls.
"Raditz," Goku quickly said, causing him to turn his head. "I want you to take Gohan and Krillin to get the Dragon Radar and then see if you can get the Dragon Balls. Turles and Vegeta can stay here and help me with Ginyu and Burter."
"Two people I ideally want to kill, why thank you Kakarot," Turles cut in, smirking.
Raditz could almost spit he was so irritated.
"Kakarot, I think it may be more wise if I remain. Not to question the loyalty of Prince Vegeta, but I sense that he may not be reliable. And Turles, well, let's just say that if he's working with Vegeta, he's likely to side with-"
"Raditz," Goku said, turning his head. "Please, go with Gohan and Krillen. I can take care of things."
When Ginyu landed across from them, Burter following seconds later, Raditz felt himself trying to keep his word.
"Uncle Raditz, c'mon, we've gotta go," Gohan said to him. "Dad, be careful!" He added, before his aura expanded around him.
You are a fool Kakarot.
Within a second, Raditz felt his own aura expand. It'd be him fighting Turles and Vegeta at this rate, given he doubted this battle would end favourably for Ginyu, Burter, or Kakarot. Within a second, he took off.
Behind him, he knew there was two grinning Saiyans.
And as he suspected, but could not confirm with his eyes, within minutes, they'd abandoned the mighty Kakarot.
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A/N: I really struggle to be motivated with the Ginyu Force. I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, much more to come. The last part of the Ginyu Saiyan War starts up this Friday. :)
Thank you Roseblade for helping me Beta.
Reviewers:
Big bird in small cage: Thanks :)
kh2fan1: I'm glad you like it so far :)
fightingchampion: Guldo had it coming.
Demod20: I can't wait to deliver more.
Jason9000: He is pretty saddistic... pop goes the weasel XD
Luke: Pretty well, unfortunately for the Saiyans. Also, Recoome is still pretty badass sadly, lol
NatNicole: Tee-hee. I just find them annoying XD
Pointer39: Yea, it was pretty lulzy. I trolled Guldo pretty hard.
Coldblue: Raditz, Turles, and Vegeta are all going to get stronger from this battle, yes. Raditz will be paired with someone. Don't ask who XD
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